Evaluation of the location potential of commercial facilities as a place of refuge: A case study on facilities providing food in the Kii Peninsula

Sanuki, Ryo; Satoh, Eiji; Suzuki, Takeyuki; Yoshikawa, Tohru; Maki, Norio

doi:10.1002/2475-8876.12023

“…The availability of facilities and buildings with large spaces as temporary evacuation shelters has been explored by previous studies. Such facilities include universities (Taga 2004), libraries (Etou et al 2012), roadside stations (Tanaka and Kawasaki 2016;Hirano 2017), and commercial facilities (Ota et al 2017;Sanuki et al 2018). The possibility of facilities to not only serve as temporary shelters but also as onsite food distribution centers has been considered, including the use of local shopping streets (Kotani et al 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

Potential of mosques to serve as evacuation shelters for foreign Muslims during disasters: a case study in Gunma, Japan

Kotani

¹

,

Tamura

²

,

Li

³

et al. 2021

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Foreigners tend to be vulnerable to disasters due to religious and cultural differences. In Japan, Muslim foreign residents, who are minorities, likely face difficulties in terms of food and religious practices in evacuation shelters. In this study, we propose the use of mosques as voluntary shelters for Muslim foreigners in Japan and evaluate their potential to function as shelters. Mosques are expected to have a large space, including a prayer space, and to store food familiar to daily users. We conducted field surveys targeting two mosques in Isesaki, Gunma, Japan, to investigate their equipment and building environment in relation to how they could function as shelters; the number of evacuees they could accommodate; the amount of food they could supply to evacuees; and the willingness of the administrators to use the mosques as shelters. Both mosques were found to be equipped with toilets and shower rooms and had enough space for approximately 60–80 evacuees. They also had sufficient kitchen space and tableware to prepare meals for about 100 people. Although they did not always stock a large amount of food, they could quickly receive food from nearby stores. Moreover, the administrators were willing to use the mosques as shelters. Therefore, it was suggested that the mosques could serve as shelters accommodating and feeding many evacuees. Finally, measures to improve the function of mosques as shelters are discussed. This study lays the groundwork for the future use of mosques as shelters.

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“…The availability of facilities and buildings with large spaces as temporary evacuation shelters has been explored by previous studies. Such facilities include universities (Taga 2004), libraries (Etou et al 2012), roadside stations (Tanaka and Kawasaki 2016;Hirano 2017), and commercial facilities (Ota et al 2017;Sanuki et al 2018). The possibility of facilities to not only serve as temporary shelters but also as on-site food distribution centers has been considered, including the use of local shopping streets (Kotani et al 2020).…”

Section: Facilities and Buildings Complementing Designated Shelters Imentioning

confidence: 99%

Potential of mosques to serve as evacuation shelters for foreign Muslims during disasters: A case study in Gunma, Japan

Kotani

¹

,

Tamura

²

,

Li

³

et al. 2021

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Foreigners tend to be vulnerable to disasters due to religious and cultural differences. In Japan, Muslim foreign residents, who are minorities, likely face difficulties in terms of food and religious practices in evacuation shelters. In this study, we propose the use of mosques as voluntary shelters for Muslim foreigners in Japan and evaluate their potential to function as shelters. Mosques are expected to have a large space, including a prayer space, and to store food familiar to daily users. We conducted field surveys targeting two mosques in Isesaki, Gunma, Japan, to investigate their equipment and building environment in relation to how they could function as shelters; the number of evacuees they could accommodate; the amount of food they could supply to evacuees; and the willingness of the administrators to use the mosques as shelters. Both mosques were found to be equipped with toilets and shower rooms and had enough space for approximately 60–80 evacuees. They also had sufficient kitchen space and tableware to prepare meals for about 100 people. Although they did not always stock a large amount of food, they could quickly receive food from nearby stores. Moreover, the administrators were willing to use the mosques as shelters. Therefore, it was suggested that the mosques could serve as shelters accommodating and feeding many evacuees. Finally, measures to improve the function of mosques as shelters are discussed. This study lays the groundwork for the future use of mosques as shelters.

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Designing the building space of a shopping street to use as a disaster evacuation shelter during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study in Kobe, Japan

Yokomatsu

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Park

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,

Kotani

³

et al. 2022

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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Evaluation of the location potential of commercial facilities as a place of refuge: A case study on facilities providing food in the Kii Peninsula

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Potential of mosques to serve as evacuation shelters for foreign Muslims during disasters: a case study in Gunma, Japan

Potential of mosques to serve as evacuation shelters for foreign Muslims during disasters: a case study in Gunma, Japan

Potential of mosques to serve as evacuation shelters for foreign Muslims during disasters: A case study in Gunma, Japan

Designing the building space of a shopping street to use as a disaster evacuation shelter during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study in Kobe, Japan

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